Under thiscontract, CPIwillsupplyKa-band, high-powersatellitecommunicationsamplifierstoupgrade DataPath's existing Unit Hub SATCOMTruck (UHST) terminalsused for the WIN-Tprogram.
"Don't quote me on this, but tom.com has a big Li Ka-shing premium attached to it, " says one Hong Kong-based fund manager, who doesn't own the stock but wishes he did.
Although the Ka-band service's 4Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream speeds won't have anyone dropping their 330Mbps fiber anytime soon, the pay-as-you-go strategy will let travelers and rural dwellers get broadband in a pinch, no matter how spotty terrestrial access might get.